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Kate's Breakouts

More Bang for your Bucks

This breakout was about getting more out of your cluster. This is where I got the idea for a cluster share at each school. They also suggested that in the third year to have student share sessions. Suggestions for a cluster newsletter
Cluster to look at: http://tewhakatipurangahouictpdcluster.wikispaces.com/

Some tools


Zoho Creator or Survey Monkey - Online survey

Top 5 Applications for Teachers of Young Children

Voice Thread - Key C's Relating to others by interacting and sharing ideas
To join this send a link to the voice thread by email and get a Teacher Educator account.

Smilebox

Picasso 3

Wordle

Comic Life

This is where I got the site, Fun theory.com. This has some great ideas about making boring tasks fun. There is a unit that I will lik to from the Interface magazine for senior students using this site.

Mel's Breakouts


Thinker's in the Classroom - Tony Ryan

Presentation is to large to upload but if you would like it please email me. melanie@kaniere.schoolzone.net.nz

Creating a Thinking Culture in your Classroom - Danny Bedingfield

Overview of the HBDI


Caitlin Breakouts


Using Solo Taxonomy to Assess the Key Competencies

Excellent way to breakdown the key competencies into stages of development. Could be used as a whole class tool or for
individual students. Check out the following link, these two women are very passionate about this tool. Hooked on Thinking

Shanes Breakouts:


Hooked on thinking SOLO Explained. - What is Solo Taxonomy - Hooked on Thinking

How to set up your own Television studio - ended up being an advertisement for a supplier.

Speech tools for the classroom - Ministry representative talking about different software available for Speech to text recognition
(and Vice versa). Very interesting, but not so useful for under 12s due to voice stability and maturity.